| US soldier returns to Haiti to help, finds family (AP) Posted: 18 Jan 2010 07:34 AM PST  AP - Junior Florestal left Haiti when he was 13 for a better life in the United States. He long promised to return, but it took an earthquake to bring him back.
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| Golden Globes Red Carpet Report Card Posted: 18 Jan 2010 02:29 AM PST ![]() We adore Sandy -- and were thrilled she won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama -- but she was a downright disappointment in this chintzy-looking Bottega Veneta mess of a dress.
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| Dr. King and the Klansman Posted: 18 Jan 2010 12:04 PM PST ![]() Image via Wikipedia Who would have thought that Clayborn Paul (CP) Ellis, the Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan, would turn out to be one of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.'s greatest admirers? Certainly not CP, who routinely called King "Martin Lucifer Coon" or worse. Surely none of CP's fellow Klansmen who packed into the Durham Klavern Hall to listen to CP preach the gospel of hate could have foreseen the change to come. Perhaps only King himself, who believed above all in the redemptive power of love, wouldn't have been surprised by the path CP traveled. King himself had underg
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| Sen. Kerry says Scott Brown supporters engaged in bullying, threats Posted: 18 Jan 2010 01:21 PM PST ![]() Robert Bukaty/AP Brown greeting supporters on Main Street in North Andover. Kerry says some Brown supporters have gone too far; Brown's camp says Kerry is making "baseless accusations." By Martin Finucane, Globe Staff Massachusetts Senator John F. Kerry is...
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| Analyst predicts 'comfortable win' for Brown in Massachusetts Posted: 18 Jan 2010 08:56 AM PST ![]() Non-partisan political analyst Stuart Rothenberg today rated the Massachusetts special election as "lean takeover," predicting that Republican candidate Scott Brown will have a slight advantage over Democrat Martha Coakley in the deep blue state. The election takes place Tuesday. "Brown...
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| Some 390 tons of U.S. ground beef recalled (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jan 2010 01:35 PM PST ![]() Reuters - Some 390 tons of ground beef produced by a California meat packer, some of it nearly two years ago, is being recalled for fear of potentially deadly E. coli bacterium tainting, U.S. officials said on Monday.
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| Torching of Nigerian church sets off deadly riot (AP) Posted: 18 Jan 2010 06:08 AM PST  AP - Angry Muslim youths set a church filled with worshippers ablaze in northern Nigeria, starting a riot that killed at least 27 people and wounded more than 300 others in the latest religious violence in the region, officials said Monday.
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| Taco Bell founder dead at 86 Posted: 18 Jan 2010 11:59 AM PST ![]() Glen W. Bell Jr., an entrepreneur best known as the founder of the Taco Bell chain, has died. He was 86.
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| What Obama can learn from Reagan Posted: 17 Jan 2010 09:20 PM PST  The Mass. race shows he must offer a broad critique of conservatism.
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| UN envoy Bill Clinton in Haiti, meets survivors in hospital Posted: 18 Jan 2010 01:35 PM PST ![]() PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) – UN special envoy Bill Clinton on Monday defended the pace of incoming foreign aid and praised doctors working in shocking conditions as he toured the devastation in Haiti's capital.
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| PIC: Jennifer Aniston Shows a Lot of Leg at Globes Posted: 17 Jan 2010 09:37 PM PST ![]() Jennifer Aniston and her Bounty Hunter costar Gerard Butler were playful both on and off stage at Sunday's Golden Globe Awards.
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| Sandra Bullock Celebrates Win with 'Body Shots' Posted: 18 Jan 2010 08:28 AM PST  Hear how she celebrated after taking home her first Golden Globe.
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| Pirates get record ransom for Greek supertanker Posted: 18 Jan 2010 06:34 AM PST ![]() AFP/Maran Tankers/Ho – File photo of the Greek-flagged tanker Maran Centaurus is seen at an unknown location. Somali pirates … MOGADISHU (AFP) – Somali pirates on Monday freed the Greek supertanker Maran Centaurus, one of the largest ships ever hijacked, after a plane dropped a record ransom on t...
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| China to expand smoking bans in 7 major cities (AP) Posted: 18 Jan 2010 08:32 AM PST ![]() China is tightening smoking regulations to ban lighting up in any indoor public spaces in seven provincial capitals, the latest sign of rising health awareness in the world's largest tobacco-consuming nation.
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| Quake causes Berto to withdraw from fight Posted: 18 Jan 2010 02:48 PM PST ![]() Andre Berto withdrew Monday from his Jan. 30 fight with Shane Mosley, saying the strain of dealing with the earthquake that struck Haiti left him unable to fight. Berto, who represented Haiti in the Athens Olympics, said he could not train properly for what was to be the biggest fight of his career. "As a result of this disaster, I am mentally and physically exhausted and therefore I have no...
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